“Life is a lot like jazz, it’s best when you improvise!” George Gershwin (1898-1937)
George Gershwin was one of the only composers of his era to seamlessly bridge the gap between classical music and jazz. Browse our sheet music scores, take a look at Summertime, Porgy and Bess, Rhapsody in Blue, I Got Rhythm, and much more, and enjoy all his great works with Stretta Music today!
The American composer, pianist and conductor George Gershwin wrote all sorts of works, for many different musical forces. His symphonic masterpiece from 1924 Rhapsody in Blue is written for piano and orchestra, and beautifully combines true classical composition with lots of exciting jazz elements. He also stretched the boundaries of classical theatre with his 1935 jazz opera Porgy and Bess.
Gershwin was also well-known for his songs, which are among the best Jazz Standards of the era, including Summertime, I Got Rhythm, Fascinating Rhythm, and many, many more.
He is one of a long line of brilliant composers who died long before their time. Shortly before his diagnosis, and subsequent death due to a brain tumour at the age of 38, Gershwin said to his sister Frances:
“I don’t feel I’ve scratched the surface. I don’t think of money any more. I just want to work on American music: symphonies, chamber music, opera. This is what I really want to do. I don’t feel I’ve even scratched the surface.”
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for: Choir
Einzelstimme
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Ensemble Ad Libitum 26
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James Power's Super Sax Series
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Single edition
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(Opt. Alto Fl. & String Bass)
for: Flötenquartett
Book
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Single edition
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Jazz
for: Gitarrenquartett
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
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for: Choir
Einzelstimme
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for: 5 brass winds
Book
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for: Voice (alto)
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Single edition
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String Attack
for: Violin, piano
Music score, CD
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Single edition
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Score
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Sheet music
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Easy Piano
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for: 5 Brass Instruments
Score, Parts
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
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for: Choir
Choir score
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for: Choir
Einzelstimme
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Single edition
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Single edition
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for: Choir
Einzelstimme
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Einzelstimme
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for: String orchestra
Score
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for: Brass band
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Wind Quintet Score and Parts
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Single edition
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Die Hits bearbeitet für Blechbläserquartett oder Posaunenchor
for: 4 brass instruments [brass ensemble]
Single part 2 (C)
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for: Accordion orchestra
Score
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TV, Film, Musical und Show
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Score
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for: Easy Piano
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